Time for another cooking thread: Crépes

[Skybird]

We had a thread on Pizza. Steak. Pommes Frites. Bread - did we had a bread thread? I am not certain, I dont think so, maybe we need a bread thread as well. Waffles? Did we do waffles? I kill for Belgian waffles, never get between me and my waffles if you are not in a suicidal mood. But for the time being, my new passion, since ten days or so: crepes, which effectively are pancakes, just thinner. Though I suck at making them as thin as they should be: thin like paper, so top speak. My technique serves better for plastering foxholes in the street surface.

I do like sweet pancakes as - indeed thicker pancakes, but then only with sugar and citrus juice. I know that banana with nutella and banana with honey is very popular with many folks, I tried them, and found it awful, warm banana just is not my taste. And for fruits like cherries with cream or vanilla, I prefer already mentioned Belgian waffles, I do not do crepes in a sweet style anymore, it snot my thing. So, crepes for me automatically implies: savoury (? = "herzhaft") crepes, not sweet.

The following are my three currently favourite recipes. I have not read them, but I cannot imagine I am the first man on Earth getting to these mixes of ingredients, so although I found these by myself I do not claim authorship and credit for them. By taste they work extremely well, you can trust in that. Just the chef needs quite some more practice in handling the dough... :haha: It looks so easy and elegant when you watch videos about street stands preparing crepes, but it is quite a bit tricky indeed, I found, and I have not found my working technique so far. Any tips on that are welcome.

If you like crepes and have favourite recipes, share them here. This is the non-Pizza, non-Steak, non-Pommes Frites/Chips/French Fries but the Crepes-thread!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJfYMQz1LKo&feature=youtu.be

[JU_88]

Thanks Sky, I will certainly watch it when I'm less full of pizza and whisky and am able to look at food again..
:)

[Mork_417]

Those look really yummy! :yep:

[Rockstar]

I make sweet crepes a lot for breakfast. I use a hot berry or apple compote most of the time. Prevents the batter from cooking so long that I cant 'roll' it up.

Never been a big fan of arthropods as an ingredient in any recipe. But I will try one of the other savory versions this weekend, makes me hungry!

Another breakfast favorite is Ojibwa bread, but that's another topic. :)

[Skybird]

Never been a big fan of arthropods as an ingredient in any recipe.


I thought you just call them "shrimps"...? :) If I would call them arthropods, maybe they would not taste me good anymore, too. :D Would feel guilty of wiping out some an alien space civilization by accidentally eating it.

Use tuna, if you do not like shrimps. Or something else fishy. The salmon spread/sauce is the dominant frutti del mare taste in the third recipe anyway.

[Rockstar]

I thought you just call them "shrimps"...? :) If I would call them arthropods, maybe they would not taste me good anymore, too. :D Would feel guilty of wiping out some an alien space civilization by accidentally eating it.

Use tuna, if you do not like shrimps. Or something else fishy. The salmon spread/sauce is the dominant frutti del mare taste in the third recipe anyway.


The day I found out cockroaches are in the arthropod family. Was the day I stopped eating the sea going kind of cockroach they call shrimp. Greens, cheese or blueberries will do just find in my crepes thank you. Bon appetit ;)

[Eichhörnchen]

I'm glad there are no squirrels in it this time

[Catfish]

https://i.imgur.com/Pjf0zK8m.jpg

[Skybird]

I'm glad there are no squirrels in it this time
A squirrel tail to oil the pan does not count...? :06: Should have known that before, I already disposed the rest.

[Jimbuna]

Much prefer a steak, even for breakfast. An omelette would be second choice.

[JU_88]

Much prefer a steak, even for breakfast. An omelette would be second choice.

me too, but at the same time, I don't want to compensate with a bowl of cholesterol pills for lunch.

[Rockstar]

Much prefer a steak, even for breakfast. An omelette would be second choice.


Nothing wrong with that! But I think Skybird is on to something here. Not that I eat steak and eggs every morning but I sometimes get bored eating the same ol' fare. Never thought to prepare a crepe in this way. Can't wait to try it out.


I make grilled avocado sandwich on sourdough. Sliced avacado, havarti cheese and peach preserves. Though not as savory as those above I might try that combo in a crepe.

[Catfish]

Well i do like to eat smaller shrimps, even if i also like them in real life underwater. Did a lot f diving in the mediterranean sea, fascinating creatures to see and swim with.
I would not eat crayfish (crawfish in US? ->'Languste' in german) though, i like them too much, tree hugger that i am :O:

Still have not tried out the baguette recipe Skybird posted recently, but will this weekend. I'm a fool for fresh baguette, french cheese and red vine, in this combination :yep:

I like scrambled eggs, toast and bacon for breakfast, but i try to reduce the frequency lol.

[Skybird]

havarti cheese
Ah, a man of my taste. :)

Havarti is so good I eat it without anything, just pure. Its like sweets, or chips - I cannot stop. Not even wine for me with it - just me and this chunk of rotting Dane. :D German Tilsiter cheese is in that direction, too, but milder and not as spicey.

The idea of the crepes above is not revolutionary, I originally thought of Wraps, Falafels, Pitas, Buritos, Pizzas. The dough is different with crepes, not so dry and stiff, but then it rips easier, thats why it is difficult to make a wrap of them that does not fall apart if you eat it while holding it in your hands, like a wrap.

I will try Asian-sytle crepes as well, like Chinese spring rolls' fillings. I also have something with thin slices of paprika and thin slices of roasted beef in a sauce of dark soy sauce, oystersauce, chilli and sugar on my mind.

Thinking about this really unsettles my mind and haunts my soul with unrest. :timeout:

[Jimbuna]

havarti cheese

I've just Googled that and seeing as how I like a mild to medium cheese have added it to the wifes shopping list for Thursday.

[JU_88]

Fried halloumi is good, its almost like vegetarian bacon. salty and crispy, but some don't like the squeaky part of chewing it.
I'm convinced its the only thing keeping the vegetarians and Muslims from dying of bacon deficiency.
Oh crap, was that hate speech? I really don't know anymore :hmmm:

Anyway its good with tomato and avacado in a begal, and if you don't have high cholesteral, chuck a fried egg in there too.

[Rockstar]

Certainly crepes and the way they're prepared is nothing new but it's new too me. So often I get stuck in a rut when preparing eats. A thread like this gives me incentive to use my imagination a little more than I have been. Causes me to visit never seen before aisles of the grocery store. :)

[BarracudaUAK]

https://i.imgur.com/Pjf0zK8m.jpg




Hmm... :hmmm:


I think it's like this:


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wt6RMmGHA-o/TocoZqaSt0I/AAAAAAAABGo/Uun3ZjJAUqE/s1600/spider+man+squirrel.jpg

http://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/965/65/65965/1381464697-0.jpg





Barracuda

[nikimcbee]

me too, but at the same time, I don't want to compensate with a bowl of cholesterol pills for lunch.


Go low carb, and you'll burn all that stuff.

[nikimcbee]

Fried halloumi is good, its almost like vegetarian bacon. salty and crispy, but some don't like the squeaky part of chewing it.
I'm convinced its the only thing keeping the vegetarians and Muslims from dying of bacon deficiency.
Oh crap, was that hate speech? I really don't know anymore :hmmm:

Anyway its good with tomato and avacado in a begal, and if you don't have high cholesteral, chuck a fried egg in there too.


Vegitarian bacon? That's heresy!


Time for a Spanish Inquisition!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/El_cardenal_Francisco_Antonio_de_Lorenzana_%28Muse o_del_Prado%29.jpg/150px-El_cardenal_Francisco_Antonio_de_Lorenzana_%28Muse o_del_Prado%29.jpg




Confess your heresy and you will be forgiven.

[Skybird]

Certainly crepes and the way they're prepared is nothing new but it's new too me. So often I get stuck in a rut when preparing eats. A thread like this gives me incentive to use my imagination a little more than I have been. :)
If that is so, here are two more hints to feed your imagination. Originally this video was not meant to be released "to the public", I trade such films back and forth with my mother, to get ideas about how to make it better, and then the vid gets deleted again. I wait a while with that. The first two crepes are not included in the first film, are new recipes, the other two are only crepes spinacci again. Note that I take the dough up for turning too early, thats why it is mocking me a bit. :) Lesson learned.



The spinacci crepes are my favourite by far, with lots of garlic. You can replace the garlic and halve the feta cheese and spice the spinacci crepes with salmon paste and lots of doll instead, this also is a very delicious combination.


Spinacci crepes rule.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsK0M4BDNN4&feature=youtu.be

[Skybird]

Next time I bake Belgian waffles I take a shot or two. For sweet stuff, waffles rule over crepes, imo. The one way with waffles I do as classical as it can get, with cream and cherry grout on top, with some grated bitter chocolate for decoration and the occasional "Oho!" effect on the tongue (some drops of cherry schnaps are not wrong, too, like done with Schwarzwälderkirschtorte), the other is a grout made of strawberry and rhubarb, with thick vanilla sauce over it like done with Apfelstrudel. Key is to use a turnable Belgian waffle iron indeed, it makes the dough more fluffy.

[Rockstar]

Well I made a crepe today. BUT! I used a spinach and beet puree. I used a bunch of spinach, 1/2 clove garlic, two tablespoons of olive oil, half a cup of parsley, half a cup of walnuts to thicken, salt and pepper to taste. Cleaned out the blender then...

Cooked two beets until tender, 1/2 clove garlic, added half a cup of walnuts and threw it in the blender salt and pepper taste though I prefer not too. Filled the crepe using two lines of puree one a beautiful green spinach the other brilliant red beets. Layered both with feta, rolled it up and chowed down.



Wife just finished surgery so I thought to use a fine puree for easier digestion. Too be honest though it wasnt all that, it needed something else though I would I cook it again. But tomorrow I'll be using up the rest of the puree in an omelet with some pico de gallo.

[Rockstar]

made the crepes again with just the spinach and feta. What it needed was a little zip, much better.



https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tFXQkmsDPZc/T_Dp4ekLixI/AAAAAAAAWq8/dC5N3iTVa3E/s1600/cholulu-450x450-kalynskitchen.jpg

[Skybird]

Spinacci, may it be pizza or crepes, runs by the rule of "less is more". Spinach, PLENTY (!!) of garlic (TWO claws I use per crepe, that means four times as much as you did) , olive oil, salt, black coarse pepper, an egg, and a good dose of feta - thats it.

I did crepes every second day over the past days, practicing the preparation of the dough on the hot iron. I now can do it better than in the videos, have the full iron all covered (diameter 34 cm) and thin like a sheet of paper, I must work very fast now, else it gets brittle, but hey, that is what separates crepes from pancakes. Its nothing you can do easily without practicing and forming some routine, but the practice now starts to pay off. What you then have is a super-thin dough, a crepes, that does not add much to calories since it is so thin, and whether it is healthy or not then gets decided exclusively by the filling. Use plenty of vegetable and fish, and it is quite a healthy meal, I would think.

I admit the mix of spincach, beet and that chili sauce had me frowning my eye brows. :haha: But hey, jedem Tierchen sein Pläsierchen.

When I was a boy, my mom put an egg on the spinach when we had that, thats why I do it here again.

My first experiment with Chinese sweet-sour sauce and crepes, was a fail. Tasted awful. Additionally it lacked the arome of french-frying fat and a crispy breading (Panade).


Doing it like a pizza with same spices and ingredients however works quite good. Bacon, salmon, carotts (not all toigether) also are very recommended.

[Rockstar]

Oh no I didn't use the cholula sauce until today and that was only with the spinach and feta version. The thought of putting that on beets? That wouldn't happen. You're right though what I was missing was more garlic.

[Skybird]

Skybird's rules of thumb, paragraph 1001: never do to a crepe what you would not do to a pizza! :haha:

[d@rk51d3]

Have never liked crepes, but love nice thick pancakes, with a sweet batter, fried in salted butter, so you get that salty crispy edge, then finished with sugar and lemon juice.

[JU_88]

Vegitarian bacon? That's heresy!


Time for a Spanish Inquisition!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/El_cardenal_Francisco_Antonio_de_Lorenzana_%28Muse o_del_Prado%29.jpg/150px-El_cardenal_Francisco_Antonio_de_Lorenzana_%28Muse o_del_Prado%29.jpg




Confess your heresy and you will be forgiven.

I actually like bacon, but 3 things put me off from buying it:
1) its quite expensive for what you get
2) every time i look at it, i just think 'Tasty but Bowel Cancer' for some reason. :haha:
3) My son doesn't like it much`and the wife is vegetarian -and will complain about the smell for hours.

Also I'm just not that in to pork, prefer a nice cut of beef or lamb.

[Jimbuna]

made the crepes again with just the spinach and feta. What it needed was a little zip, much better.



https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tFXQkmsDPZc/T_Dp4ekLixI/AAAAAAAAWq8/dC5N3iTVa3E/s1600/cholulu-450x450-kalynskitchen.jpg

Fell in love with that stuff whilst in Mexico October gone :yeah:

[Skybird]

Did not want to leave the dough-pulling on that dilletantic level as in the first video... Still can be improved, making it more level and thinner, but I am improving. :D

2 Minutes.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCM15OPgllI&feature=youtu.be